Interfacing with Cognex Connect
Integrate into any Automation System
Connectivity is essential to vision and barcode reading applications as a means to share data, support decision-making and enable highly-efficient integrated processes. Networking enables Cognex products to transmit pass/fail results to PCs for analysis, or communicate directly with PLCs, robots, and other factory automation devices in an integrated process control system.
If you need to link your vision systems and barcode readers at the enterprise level, it is important to find a system that supports the complete set of standard networking protocols.
This table summarizes just some of the communication capabilities of Cognex Connect™. Please download the Cognex Connect Guide to learn more.
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Factory Devices |
DataMan |
In-Sight |
Protocol |
Protocol Type
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PLCs
|
B&R |
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•
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Industrial Ethernet |
| Mitsubishi |
•
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MC Protocol |
Industrial Ethernet |
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•
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Fieldbus |
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•
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Pre-configured device commands and attributes |
| Rockwell |
•
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•
|
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Industrial Ethernet |
| |
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•
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Fieldbus |
•
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•
|
•
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Pre-configured device commands and attributes |
| Siemens |
•
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•
|
 |
Industrial Ethernet |
•
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•
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Fieldbus |
Other
Protocols
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•
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|
 |
Industrial Ethernet |
•
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•
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Serial |
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•
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Serial |
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•
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Industrial Ethernet |
•
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•
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•
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Industrial Ethernet |
•
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•
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•
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Industrial Ethernet |
| FTP Server |
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•
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•
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FTP |
FTP Image Transfer |
| Robots |
ABB, Denso, FANUC, Kuka, Mitsubishi,
Motoman
& Staubli
|
|
|
Pre-configured drivers
and ASCII string commands |
Serial/Ethernet |
Adept,
Epson, IAI,
Kawasaki, Nachi,
Yamaha & other Robots |
|
|
ASCII string commands |
Serial/Ethernet |
If you need to integrate inspection images, quality data and interactive
controls into your own operator interface Cognex Connect gives you an
array of visualization options:
- In-Sight Display Control embeds an In-Sight image and CustomView
display in your .NET or ActiveX compatible custom application, or a
PC-based HMI/SCADA system from Rockwell, WonderWare, Citect
and others.
- In-Sight allows you to upload data to your HMI displays,
SPC (Statistical Process Control) systems, plant supervisory systems, and
even Microsoft Excel to monitor operations and record statistical data.
- DataMan and In-Sight offer SDKs (Software Development
Kit) to allow systems integrators to create a custom user interface
for managing your systems, tailored to your exact requirements.